The Synapse Carbon is the perfect balance between raw power and all-day ridability. RIDER PROFILE: People who live for the love of the ride. Fit, serious, high-performance riders who set their sights beyond the tightly defined world of the pure racer; Gran Fondo specialists, all-day-epic riders, and those who long to venture off the smooth and easy. The Synapse Carbon is the perfect balance between raw power and all-day ridability. The all-new Synapse Carbon combines remarkably light weight, race-proven performance and dialed vertical compliance in a bicycle that redefines "Endurance." The ultimate partner for the epic ride. An ideal blend of compliance, rigidity, and weight for the perfect balance of race-day aggression and all-day ridability. BallisTec Carbon, Power Pyramid and the SAVE PLUS system provide the ideal blend of crush meets plush